Canopy.



PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed July 15, 1904. Serial No. 216,696-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL EICHENBERG, a resident of Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Canopies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to canopies and to that class that are portable andfloor-sup ported and have collapsible frames.

The object of the invention is to provide a canopy, usable over and around either a bed, lounge, crib, chair, or other article, that is simple in construction, stable, easily collapsible, and generally efficient.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of the canopy-frame and canopy. Fig. 2 is a partialend view of the frame. Figs. 3, 4:, 5 are sections on lines 3 3 and 4 4 of Fig. 2 and line 5 5 of Fig. 1, respectively. Fig. 6 is a partial side view of member 2. Fig. 7 is a perspective of the frame provided with additional braces adapted for use in supporting a rid ge-pole for a tent. Fig. 8 is a partial section indicating the connection of the braces to a ridge-pole when said braces are diverted for use in supporting a tent, and Fig. 9 is an end view of the canopy-frame folded and tied in a bundle by use of braces.

Theimproved canopy-frame comprises four extensible supports, each made in adjustable members or sections 1 and 2, joined by screws or bolts 3 The sections arematched together with a right-angle joint 4 to prevent strain on the securing-screws. A plurality of screw or bolt holes 5 is, however, provided, whereby the supports may be lengthened by suitable adjustment, and, if desired, short pieces 6 may be provided, as indicated in Fig. 2, to fill the space left in case the supports are lengthened by adjustment of the members or sections. The upper screws 3 not only serve to hold the sections engaged, but are so placed on the upper sections as to hold the braces (to be described) when the frame is collapsed.

The top of the frame comprises eight sections or members 7, each hinged to the upper end of a support. The hinges (denoted by 8) are situated in the angles at the corners, as shown.

9 denotes braces, each of which at its lower end is screwed to a support and at its upper end connected to an upper frame member by means of a slot 10, forming a hook 11, that is adapted to detachably but securely engage a pin or screw 12, from which it can be easily detached when the frame is to be knocked down.

3 denotes pins or screws in the members 1, situated at such distances from the brace-pivots that they can be engaged by the hooks 11 to hold the braces against said members when the frame is collapsed and put in compact form for storage or transportation.

The top sections 7, constituting the sides of the frame-top, and those also constituting the ends are each cut or halved at its end 7 contiguous its fellow, as shown.

14 denotes hinges for connecting contiguous sections, and 15 denotes spring-catches for holding the parts in contact and keeping the hinges .open. The members being formed and connected as at 7 and the hinges and catches oppositely and obliquely applied as shown, a firm joint is thereby produced.

16 indicates so-called screw eyes or hooks to support a net 17 by means of tapes or strings 18. The net is open below and is otherwise made entire or closed and of sufficient length so that in use its foot lies upon the floor or ground and flies, mosquitos, and the like excluded from the interior of the sus pended net.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the braces and spring-catches can be disengaged and the upper members thereupon folded down beside the supports and the latter brought together with the net inside, if desired, all in a compact bundle of but few inches in cross-section, which when desired can be easily and quickly opened and spread and the parts braced and fastened, so that if circumstances require it the canopy can be easily knocked down and set up, though it will ordinarily remain standing during the season requiring its use.

It may be noted that with the exception of the easily-made braces the improved canopy requires nothing in the nature of hardware that is not in the market and readily obtainable.

The advantages of a portable canopy that can be easily collapsed and then opened without danger of mislaid parts and without the use of tools and independent of-any bedstead or other connection are so obvious that they need .no further description.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the braces 9 are each of a length to engage a pin 3 on an upright when it is desired to fold the frame; but I contemplate making these braces long enough to extend each to and engage with the pin 3 on the opposite upright, as indicated in Fig. 9, whereby when all the braces 9 are thus engaged the package is securely bound without the use of cord or the like, as heretofore practiced.

The invention also contemplates the use of braces 19, which, or duplicates of which, if desired, can be employed to support a tent ridge -{pole 20, as indicated by broken lines in Fig.

21 denotes bolt or screw holes in the braces 19 to adapt them when used in the roof for easy connection with the tops of the uprights or supports.

A mode of connecting the braces to a ridgepole is indicated in Fig. 8. These mechanical details are not essential to other parts of the improvement and may be varied as mechanical skill may dictate.

I am aware that collapsible frames comprising hinged members are old, and such construction is not claimed'except with the improvements hereinafter pointed out. My device is characterized by the special construction and arrangement of parts, whereby simplicity, economy, and efficiency are secured in canopy-frames, to which end the four hinged pairs of bar members connecting the upright-supports at their top and the several braces having hooks and having the extra function of binding the frame when collapsed, the whole being embodied in one structure, wherein all parts-are permanently connected, contribute in novel manner.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a canopy-frame the four vertical supports, the four horizontal bars connecting the tops of the supports each bar comprising two members hinged to each other and to the supports, and braces provided with hooks connecting the upper part of each support to two bar members, all said members being situated at tops of the posts whereby a complete canopy of woven material can be supported all around the top of the frame.

2. In a canopy-frame the four vertical supports, the four horizontal bars connecting the tops of the supports each bar comprising two members hinged to each other and to the supports, said members being cutin half lengthwise and horizontally and overlapping at their adjacent ends, spring-catches, hinges situated oppositely to the catches, and detachable braces each connectinga separate member and a post, whereby the members are held in line with each other when in use and adapted to be folded.

3. In a canopy-frame the four vertical supports, the four horizontal bars connecting the tops of the supports each bar comprising two members hinged to each other and to the supports, braces provided with hooks connecting the upper part of each support to two bar members, and pins on said members and supports whereby the braces may be hooked either to the bar or to a support according as the frame is in use or collapsed.

4:. In a collapsible canopy-frame, the supports, the folding top bars connecting the upper ends of the supports, the hinges, one between each member and the top of a support and one between each pair of contiguous bar members, and the braces provided with hooks, each top member having a pin detachably engaged by a hook when the canopy is in use and each support having a pin to be engaged by said hook when the frame is collapsed.

5. In a collapsible frame, the supports, the folding top bars connecting the upper ends of the supports, the hinges, one between each member and the top of a support and one be.- tween each pair of contiguous bar members, and the braces provided with hooks, each top member having a pin detachably engaged by a book when the canopy is in use and each support having a pin to be engaged by said hook when the frame is collapsed, said pins on the supports being arranged to hold the braces crossed and thereby tie together the supports in the collapsed frame'.

6. In a folding canopy-frame the uprightsupports, the top bars, and detachable braces, said upright-supports and top bars having pins 3 to be engaged by a brace when the frame is collapsed and the braces each of a length to engage said pins 3 when desired.

7 In a convertible canopy and tent frame,

the upright-supports, the folding top bars connecting the upper ends of the uprights, and braces 19 adapted either to connect the tops and bottoms of the uprights at the end of the frame or to be connectedto the tops of the uprights and to each other and extend outside said top bars to support a roof-covering, said braces being provided with means for connecting their ends to the uprights or to each other as desired and provided also with means for connection with the uprights when the ends of the braces are joined in a roof.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OA RL EICHENBERG.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. GRooKER, ALBERT KUHN. 

